Diabetes Dateline
Fall 2006

From the NIDDK Reference Collection

Looking for a hard-to-find resource on diabetes? Try using the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) Reference Collection. This free, online, searchable database helps health care professionals, health educators, patients, and the general public find educational materials not typically referenced in most databases.

The NIDDK Reference Collection currently houses more than 8,000 summaries that include a resource’s title, author(s), publisher, abstract, and keywords. Also included is information about how to get full-text copies of nonjournal resources such as foreign-language materials, books and book chapters, brochures, pamphlets, fact sheets, CD-ROMs, coloring books, bibliographies, audiovisual materials, posters, computer programs, government documents, product descriptions, newsletters, and manuals.

NIDDK Reference Collection Spotlight

Visit http://catalog.niddk.nih.gov/resources to access the Reference Collection. A recent addition to the Reference Collection is a diabetes microalbuminuria screening and management chart. The simple chart diagrams care management for people with diabetes who test positive for microalbuminuria, or microscopic protein in the urine. The chart walks health care providers through the recommended screening and monitoring tests for patients with the condition and includes notations for when to refer a patient to a nephrologist. The laminated card from the National Kidney Foundation uses different colors on the decision-making grid.

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NIH Publication No. 07–4562
December 2006